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yoroshambo

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Which of the following states that older strata are laid down below younger strata?
 
  a. the principle of cross-cutting relationships
  b. the principle of original horizontality
  c. the principle of superposition
  d. the principle of faunal succession

Question 2

Which of the following states that strata are laid down parallel to the Earth's gravitational field?
 
  a. uniformitarianism
  b. the principle of original horizontality
  c. the principle of superposition
  d. the principle of faunal succession



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Answer to Question 1

Answer c

Answer to Question 2

Answer b



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